A happy couple celebrate the Pope's decision.
As a special bargain offer, those couples who did not really want an annulment (believed to be a small minority) will be allowed to remarry free of charge.
Said one unhappy husband, Fred Cheese, "We've been together now for 40 years, and it don't seem a day too much. There ain't a lady livin' in the land as I'd swop for my dear old Dutch." However, his wife, Dutch Cheese, replied "Er, don't count your chickens, Fred. If we remarry you can start doing the cleaning, for a start."
It is not clear where this leaves the General Synod on the Family, as, from now on, there aren't any families. Once again the Pope has solved a knotty problem in his own unique style.
This is not as satirical as you might think but a sensible 'pastoral' approach. My own view is that this is probably the best option i.e. refuse to recognise all marriages unless requested to do so by the contracting couples. Secondly, prevent anyone taking communion unless the person is gravely ill or dying or handicapped. They could then scrap the synod as you imply at the end.
ReplyDeleteAnd get rid of all the pews.
ReplyDeleteThat way, there will be a new cause celebre to excite the passions of millions of Bloggee Commenters and Letter-Writers to Bishops.
"There are not any families": that seems to be the way the demonic wants it and the secular world and even the Church seem to be embracing the idea.
ReplyDeleteI was worried that I had already incurred an anullment latae sententiae back when Cdl Kasper gave that Commonweal interview.
ReplyDeleteOh, well.......
(Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
Oh, good. Herself can be a bit annoying at times. Always fancied a bird about ten years younger. Anyone know a nice 68 year old? Female now!
ReplyDeleteAnd bother remarriage. I'm not a fanatic you know!
Would Henry VIII have welcomed this Pope's action?
ReplyDeleteWhere does this leave superglue? If any man knows, let him speak now or forever hold the pieces.
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